Jamie Foxx implores you, "don't let the state of California execute Stanley Tookie Williams."   Many other celebrities and other folk claim Williams "can do more for society alive than dead."   Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Snoop Dogg, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bianca Jagger, and Mike Farrell (MASH) are among Williams' supporters.   They cite his efforts to curb youth gang violence.   A Swiss legislator, college professors and others have even submitted his name for the Nobel peace prize!

Stanley Tookie Williams is a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed December 13.   He was a co-founder of the Crips gang.   He was convicted of killing a convenience store worker as well as two motel owners and their daughter during a robbery.   The state Department of Corrections claims Williams remains involved with the Crips despite his anti-gang books and other work.   A stepmother of one of his murder victims resents celebrity involvement.   She says, "I think most of them are abusing their popularity and their access to the media.   It's an agenda.   If they looked at the facts, then they'd realize Williams has not done anything to deserve clemency."

I am left wondering when someone's crimes rise to a level that they can be universally despised.   Are celebrities doing what they are here because they are against the death penalty?   Why can't they simply come out against the death penalty without championing one of the worst criminals in the history of this country.   He is a serial murderer.   He established one an organization of serial criminals.   Before he can possibly wipe out his past, he must walk on water, cure every sick person and inspire every human being on the planet to do charitable works.   Writing a couple books to temper his bad boys is just not enough.

How many people have had their fundamental rights as human beings violated by the Crips' organization?   How much in tax dollars has been spent only to fight the Crips' organization's crimes?   How many people have been sentenced to death by the Crips' organization?   At a bare minimum this is the legacy of Stanley Tookie Williams.